Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who once proudly declared himself the "gayest" member of Congress, has comparing himself to Pennywise, the murderous clown from Stephen King's It, as Democrats prepare to launch a wave of investigations targeting President Donald Trump and his allies.
Garcia, who is expected to chair the powerful House Oversight Committee in January, posted an image on X showing the sinister clown lurking inside a storm drain.
"When they go low this is me," Garcia wrote.
The disturbing image depicts a scene from the horror story in which Pennywise lures a young boy named Georgie toward a sewer before brutally murdering him.
The strange comparison comes as Garcia and his fellow Democrats appear increasingly eager to wield their newfound congressional power against Trump's administration.
Speaking recently at Crooked Media's Crooked Con event, Garcia openly acknowledged that personal grudges could fuel his investigations.
"Maybe it's because I'm gay, but like, you know, like pettiness is a thing," Garcia told the cheering crowd.
"We're not going to forget," he declared, naming former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi among those Democrats intend to investigate.
Shortly after Democrats' midterm election victory, Garcia sparked backlash from conservatives by issuing an ominous warning to Republicans to "lawyer up."
Attorney General Todd Blanche blasted the threats, accusing Democrats of turning congressional oversight into political intimidation.
"You honestly think that all they're doing is talking about their oversight obligations, when they're talking about going after basically every member of the Cabinet? They're talking about impeachments," Blanche told CNN. "They're talking about going after companies, private companies, who happen to have made investments in this country over the past couple years. That is not oversight. I welcome oversight. Oversight is exactly something they should be doing."
Trump also denounced the Democrats' threats, branding them "extortion at the highest level."
"The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so, and there have been no impeachable acts committed, or even thought of, by the victims of this illegal process," the president wrote on Truth Social. This is extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable for this. Also, they're threatening our Donors, some of the most respected people anywhere in the World, with imprisonment, and many other levels of punishment, just because they happen to be Republicans, or Republican supporters. This is Weaponization and Lawfare at another level. The Senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin, is saying that she is going to go after all young people that believe in Republican Values, and that give even the slightest inclination to be a Republican."
"The imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS, and Republicans should get smart, fast! Threatening letters have been sent to many people, all innocent, from Democrat Political Leaders," the president concluded.